E NOW WITH THAT STORY.
PAUL.
REPORTER: WELL IMMIGRANTS WHO
WANT TO LIVE IN THE U.S. ARE
FORCED TO WAIT AS LONG AS A
DECADE JUST TO GET A GREEN CARD,
BUT A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM CALLED
EB5 ALLOWS WEALTHY IMMIGRANTS TO
JUMP TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE IF
THEY CAN FORK OVER $500,000.
THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN HIT WITH
ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND ABUSE
AND NOW SOME IN CONGRESS SAY IT
NEEDS TO GO.
[APPLAUSE]
REPORTER: NEWLY MINTED AMERICAN
CITIZENS CELEBRATED LAST MONTH
AT THIS NATURALIZATION CEREMONY
IN PITTSBURGH.
FOR SOME IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY.
>> I CAME TO THE STATES IN 1992,
SO IT'S A KWAFRT
QUARTER OF A
CENTURY.
IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL DAY.
REPORTER: FOR THE OWNER OF A
CHINESE RESTAURANT IN SQUIRREL
HILL THE WAIT FOR A GREEN CARD
WAS MUCH SHORTER.
HIS FAMILY GOT HIM INTO THE EB A
5 PROGRAM AND PAID $500,000.
WITHIN TWO YEARS HE HAD A GREEN
CARD, AND THAT WAS CONSIDERED A
LONG WAIT FOR SOMEONE USING EB5.
>> THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY
THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
BUY YOUR CITIZENSHIP FOR HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS OR A MILLION
DOLLARS, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
THAT?
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU BUYING THE
CITIZENSHIP, YOU NEED TO CREATE
JOBS.
REPORTER: HE'S RIGHT, THE
PROGRAM DOES REQUIRE THAT
INVESTORS CREATE TEN JOBS FOR
EACH 500,000-DOLLAR PAYMENT.
EB5 MONEY HAS BEEN USED TO
FINANCE BAKERY SQUARE IN
PITTSBURGH HOME OF GOOGLE ALSO
UPMC EAST HOSPITAL IN
MONROEVILLE EVEN THE MOVIES
FILMED IN PITTSBURGH.
ALSO THIS SHOPPING CENTER IN
SOUTH FAYETTE THAT GOT $500,000
FROM A FAMILY OF A CHINESE
COLLEGE STUDENT IN ARIZONA.
AND ESTIMATED 200 JOBS WERE
CREATED.
THE FINANCING WAS BROKERED BY
THE IDEA FOUND TREE IN OAKLAND
WHICH RUNS AN EB5 CENTER.
DOES THIS PROGRAM SEND THE
MESSAGE THAT CITIZENSHIP IS FOR
SALE?
SHORT ANSWER THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
THE PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE.
THE REALITY IS IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT THE
CREATION OF THE JOBS, THAT'S THE
ESSENTIAL COMPONENT.
REPORTER: BUT THIS 2013 REPORT
BY THE HOMELAND SECURITY
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOUND U.S.
CITIZENSHIP SHIP AND IMMIGRATION
SERVICES WAS UNABLE TO
DEMONSTRATE THE BENEFITS OF
FOREIGN INVESTMENT INTO THE U.S.
ECONOMY FROM EB5 AND THE
GOVERNMENT'S METHOD FOR
CALCULATING JOBS AND ECONOMIC
BENEFIT WAS NOT VALID ACCORDING
TO THIS 2015 GOVERNMET
ACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORT.
DAVID NORTH OF THE CENTER FOR
IMMIGRATION STUDIES IN
WASHINGTON D.C. IS AN EB A 5
CRITIC.
>> YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CREATE TEN
JOBS FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS
TOWN DOESN'T EVEN BUY YOU A
HOUSE.
REPORTER: WHILE THE PROGRAM WAS
SUPPOSED TO BENEFIT IMPOVERISHED
AREAS NORTH SAYS MOST OF THE
MONEY GONE TO GLITZ SEE REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS IN BIG
CITIES INCLUDING THIS HIGHRISE
IN NEW JERSEY OVERLOOKING
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN WHOSE OWNERS
INCLUDE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER.
IT GOT $50 MILLION FROM CHINESE
IMMIGRANTS IN THE EB5 PROGRAM.
>> THERE ARE VERY RICH PEOPLE,
POWERFUL PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN
THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHO ARE
MAKING OODLES ON THIS PROGRAM.
REPORTER: THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN
HIT WITH FRAUD ALLEGATIONS.
THE OWNERS WERE ACCUSED OF THIS
VERMONT SKI DEVELOPMENT OF
MISUSING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
THROUGH THE EB5 PROGRAM AND
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE OTHER
CASES.
>> THERE ARE ENORMOUS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CORRUPTION OF
ONE TIME ANOTHER OR CROOKED
NECESSARY.
REPORTER: THE SQUIRREL HILL
RESTAURANT OWNER SAYS HE WAS
ALSO A FRAUD VICTIM.
HE SAYS A PITTSBURGH BROKER
CONVINCED HIM TO PUT DOWN ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARD
A MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT TO
BUILD A HOTEL AND AN INDOOR
WATER PARK IN OHIO?
WHAT WAS HE PROMISING YOU IN
EXCHANGE FOR YOUR INVESTMENT?
>> A GREEN CARD, AND SOME
RETURN.
REPORTER: BUT IN THIS LAWSUIT HE
SAYS THE BROKER, PAUL LANG OF
FORTUNE GROUP REALITY MADE FALSE
AND MISLEADING STATEMENTS ABOUT
THE PROJECT AND REFUSED TO
REFUND HIS MONEY WHEN THE
PROJECT WAS ABANDONED.
THE LAWSUIT WAS SETTLED LAST
YEAR.
LANG AND HIS ATTORNEY DID NOT
RETURN MULTIPLE CALLS FROM
ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATES.
HE EVENTUALLY GOT HIS GREEN CARD
THROUGH ANOTHER EB5 INVESTMENT.
LIKE MOST IMMIGRANTS, THESE
PEOPLE COULD NOT AFFORD TO SPEND
A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ON GREEN
CARDS, SO RIGHT AFTER GETTING
MARRIED THEY HAD TO SPLIT
SPENDING TWO YEARS ON OPPOSITE
SIDES OF THE WORLD.
ONE IN PITTSBURGH AND ANDREA IN
INDIA.
>> WE LITERALLY WENT THROUGH THE
FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE MARRIAGE
ON SKYPE.
IT WAS JUST TERRIBLE, IT WAS
EMOTIONALLY DRAINING.
REPORTER: HE DOES NOT THINK IT'S
FAIR FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO
IMMIGRANTS JUST BECAUSE THEY
HAVE MONEY.
>> BECAUSE GREEN CARD IS A GREEN
CARD, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT
SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE MONEY IS
ALLOWED TO JUMP THE LINE.
REPORTER: A SPOKESPERSON FOR
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT TELLS ME THEY HAVE
STRENGTHENED THE EB5 PROGRAM IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRAUD AND ABUSE
ALLEGATIONS.
STILL LEGISLATION FILED LAST
MONTH BY REPUBLICAN SENATOR
CHARLES GRASSLEY AND DEMOCRAT
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